Another stop on Clinton fundraising spree

By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff

Before they head to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard for a star-studded round of fundraising this weekend, Hillary and Bill Clinton are stopping off tomorrow on Cape Cod for a sold-out lunch at the Osterville home of longtime friends Elaine and Gerald Schuster. About a hundred people are coming, each having pledged $1,000 to $4,600.

The wealthy Schusters have long been prodigious fundraisers for the Clintons and other Democrats, hosting glitzy events in Boston and Palm Beach. They've been generous to a range of local institutions including Brandeis and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

But they have also brought some unwanted attention to the Democratic party in past years because of a bitter union dispute at a nursing home owned by Gerald Schuster. Elaine Schuster even withdrew from one fundraiser in 2001 so labor wouldn't picket the event.